Originally posted by ODIUM:

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That's a good one Gamer, LOL. I searched for 2 hours before I finally found it on some obscure site. Now of course I can't remember where it was. I seem to recall I found it from a link that said something about Expert tool or something. I'll see what I can dig up. If not, I can email it.

Here we go! Now I remember, it was located on a PSP site for some reason. Not sure if you can use it for PSP or not but one post I read said it couldn't. Doesn't matter anyway, here's the link:

http://www.psp-scene.org/modules.php?nam...download&id=384

GL! :)

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Originally posted by Infoman:

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Yes, use DVD Decrypter to extract the entire 7.7GB ISO File.
Then use ULTRAISO (only one I found to work great)to open the 7 GB and compress it to fit on a normal DVD. Note: In UltraISO go to
Options\Configurations\compression and use Normal or Small.
It will give it a isz extention but you can rename it to .ISO and then burn it will any software or simply use the UltraISO put burn the file back.

Step: 1, use DVD Decrypter to extract the entire disc (7.7GB - OK)
Step: 2, Use UltraISO to open the 7GB ISO file you created
Step: 3, GoTO Options\Configurations\Compression
Step: 4, Change the Compression to Normal or Small (I used "Heavy Compression" and the file was under 3GB and everything played well)

Step: 5, In the compression mode the file extension will be .isz which you can simple change the extension to .iso and burn it with any DVD software or use UltraISO to burn it on a disc.

IT'S That simple. It works!

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Originally posted by gamer4208:

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This is not a movie, this is a ps2 game. You can not use DVD Shrink or any other movie ripper to downsize the pss files. YOU NEED PSS DOWN! This is the only way you will get this to work. If you need pss down, post your email and I will send it to you. I cannot remember where I got it from. All I now is that I got it! After getting it, follow my directions. you are not going to fit both male and female versions on one dvd. It is not like a movie where you can compress it. You need to downsize only the pss movie audio files. Totally different from DVD Shrink. Hope this helps!

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Originally posted by gamer4208:

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Hi all,

I just wanted you guys to know that I have successfully got this game working on a DVD-R 5 disk. Whether or not I am missing some of the cinematics in story mode is beyond me but I am willing to share my method with all of you because of everyones help in the past that got me playing most of the games I had trouble with. First and foremost, I am using a version 4 PS2 and swap magic 2.0. Second, I tried the other method listed previously in this forum (Ssparkers)and it worked but froze at the beginning of story mode during the first cinematic. The other method of compressing the files was just BS (infoman). I did not even bother with that, and you should take mine and everyone elses advice on that too unless you need extra coasters for your beers at this weekends party. OK, lets get started...

You will need the following to get this game working...

The original game (or the 7.35 GB ISO of the game on your hard drive).
Apache 3.0 Beta (not sure if 2.0 works or not)to extract both layers. I obtained this with a GT4 DVD9 to DVD5 tutorial.
PSS Down by Sonic (I used version 1.01).
CDVDGen 1.5.
CDVDGen ISO Builder.
Alcohol (or equivalent burning software).
About 15 to 20 GB of free disk space.

Either Extract both layers from the actual disk, or save the games ISO file onto your hard drive and extract it from there. This step is up to you.
Use Apache (I used 3.0 Beta)to separate the 7.35 GB ISO file into two folders. I labeled mine ATV0 and ATV1. There should be 16 files in ATV0 and 2 files in ATV1.
Get a copy of PSS Down, either version 1.0.0 or 1.0.0.1, and use 50% compression and select overwrite existing files. Leave everything else as is. You may want to make a backup copy like I did of the MOVIES and BGMOVIES folders in case you mess up. These are the two folders you will be manipulating. In the MOVIES folder, delete all of the files that end in A. FMV01A is the first one and FMV14A is the last one. There are 14 total. Now, drag all the remaining pss files into the PSS Down utility including the FRONTEND.PSS file from the BGMOVIES folder. You should have 18 files in there total. Downsample all of these files and when done, close out the program.
Now, open CDVDGen 1.5 and insert the volume info like usual.
The file list in Directory should be as follows:

SYSTEM.CNF
LIBEENET.TXT
SCUS_974.79
COFIG.XML
CNF
NETGUI
IRX
SOUND
STREAMP
STREAMT
MUSIC
STREAMW
ARCHIVE.IMP
ARCHIVE.BIN
BGMOVIES (the folder that was downsized)
MOVIES (also the folder that was dowwnsized)
PAD.TXT (just use the one from the second layer)

and after you extract the iml to the hard drive,
you need to piece the 000,001,002,003, and 004 files
together to create the ISO. These files should be saved in the same
folder as your ATV0 and ATV1 folders for easy access.

DO NOT USE IML2DVD!!! I had no luck with this
working. It kept going into infinity. Use CDVDGen ISO Builder!
It worked like a charm.

After you get the ISO built it should be 4.29 GB. I know, that
is a little big but it works on my ancient Version 4 with
Swap 2.0 so if it works on mine, all of you with later
versions of swap or any mod chips should not have any
problems. Believe it or not, there are no glitches or sound flaws
and the movies did not lose a whole lot of quality like I thought
they would. They actually look about the same in my opinion.

I used alcohol to burn the game but I am sure that any program
will do. DVD Decrypter or Nero are my other 2 choices.

For your info, I used Verbatim at 4x speed.

Now, insert your DNAS if you would like and patch it for
online play. I used WINDip.

Now Burn and test. If you have the same luck I do, usually
bad but in this case good, you should be off to hours
of ATV gaming. Please post your feedback and let me know
your results or post your questions and I will follow up
on them. I also want to thank Ssparker for the idea that
got me going on this track and his file list (which I also
obtained with ISO Buster) but still, many thanks. I have been playing
story mode for some time now and am zooming right through it.
No hang ups so far, everything is going smoothly. I hope you all
have success and until the next DVD-9....Peace Dudes!

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